Raising the barr?Bob Barr, the former Republican congressman from Georgia--and occasional TAC 1. TAC - Translator Assembler-Compiler. For Philco 2000. 2. TAC - Terminal Access Controller. contributor--is exploring a run for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination. We welcome him to the race: Barr not only brings an additional antiwar an·ti·war adj. Opposed to war or to a particular war: antiwar protests; an antiwar candidate. voice to the 2008 contest, he continues to be--somewhat surprisingly for a Libertarian--a strong proponent of border control. His immigration immigration, entrance of a person (an alien) into a new country for the purpose of establishing permanent residence. Motives for immigration, like those for migration generally, are often economic, although religious or political factors may be very important. stance is, politically speaking, a double-edged sword. It gives him a chance to win restrictionist votes from John McCain. But it may complicate his efforts to win the LP's nomination. Libertarian purists may also grumble at Barr's socially conservative record in his eight years in Congress. He sponsored the Defense of Marriage Act and opposed abortion. Congressman Barr was gerrymandered to defeat by his own party in 2002. Since then, he has won considerable respect as a civil-liberties coalition builder, bringing together the liberal and conservative organizations concerned about erosions of privacy. (He voted for the PATRIOT Act after 9/11, but has expressed regret ever since.) The odds of any Libertarian making it to the White House are negligible, of course. But Barr's candidacy may get out the important message that much of the Right rejects the militarism and statism stat·ism n. The practice or doctrine of giving a centralized government control over economic planning and policy. stat  ist adj. of John McCain. If he can win the LP nomination, he can be
counted upon to enliven en·liv·en tr.v. en·liv·ened, en·liv·en·ing, en·liv·ens To make lively or spirited; animate. en·liv en·er n. the November contest. We look forward to
covering him.
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